Former supply teacher pleads guilty to 21 child sex offences

A former supply teacher has pleaded guilty to 21 child sex offences involving more than 100 upskirt photographs of students at secondary schools across the North West of England. Abusali Rahman, 36, from Salford, admitted to the charges at Bolton Crown Court on Thursday.

Rahman appeared via video link from HMP Altcourse and pleaded guilty to 12 counts of taking indecent photographs of children by upskirting, four counts of publishing an obscene article, three counts of making indecent photographs of children, one count of voyeurism, and one count of distributing an indecent photograph of a child. The offences involved 13 schoolgirls and took place between December 2023 and June 2025.

Greater Manchester Police said Rahman was arrested in June 2025 after a parent raised concerns upon finding an image of their daughter in school uniform on social media. The force's Online Child Abuse Investigation Team led the inquiry, which police described as painstaking and thorough. Detective Sergeant Simon France, speaking outside court, said officers first received reports of suspected offending in March 2025.

He confirmed the investigation included the analysis of approximately 1,000 images...